by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Publishing. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Publishing is a major offered under the communication and journalism program of study at Emerson College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in publishing, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Emerson paid an average of $1,296 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $31,104 | $31,104 |
| Fees | $650 | $650 |
The median early career salary of publishing students who receive their master’s degree from Emerson is $43,054 per year. That is about the same as the national average of $43,650.
Emerson does not offer an online option for its publishing master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Emerson Online Learning page.
Women made up around 90.9% of the publishing students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 90.8%.
Around 18.2% of publishing master’s degree recipients at Emerson in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 35%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 31 |
| International Students | 2 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
Publishing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Publishing | 44 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to publishing.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication & Media Studies | 18 |
| Journalism | 13 |
| Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 8 |
| Public Relations & Advertising | 23 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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